[Commlist] New book: Empowered

*Empowered***

Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny

*By Sarah Banet-Weiser***

*_http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/empowered_**__*


In /Empowered/ Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the deeply entwined 
relationship between popular feminism and popular misogyny as it plays 
out in advertising, online and multimedia platforms, and nonprofit and 
commercial campaigns. Examining feminist discourses that emphasize 
self-confidence, body positivity, and individual achievement alongside 
violent misogynist phenomena such as revenge porn, toxic geek 
masculinity, and men's rights movements, Banet-Weiser traces how popular 
feminism and popular misogyny are co-constituted. From Black Girls Code 
and the Always #LikeAGirl campaign to GamerGate and the 2016 
presidential election, Banet-Weiser shows how popular feminism is met 
with a misogynistic backlash of mass harassment, assault, and 
institutional neglect. In so doing, she contends that popular feminism's 
problematic commitment to visibility limits its potential and collective 
power.

*Sarah Banet-Weiser*is Professor of Media and Communications at the 
London School of Economics and author of Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and 
Consumer Citizenship, also published by Duke University Press, and 
AuthenticTM: The Politics of Ambivalence in Brand Culture.

With all best wishes,

Combined Academic Publishers

*Duke University Press**|   January 2018 | 240pp | 9781478002918 | 
Paperback | £19.99**

*Price subject to change.

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